---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipalities - Municipal Infraction Proceedings - Designation of a Building Inspector or an Enforcement Officer to Testify"
description: "Municipalities - Municipal Infraction Proceedings - Designation of a Building Inspector or an Enforcement Officer to Testify"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 515"
citation: "Maryland HB 515 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities", "Attorneys", "Building Codes", "Disabilities", "Fire Protection", "Housing", "Inspections", "Municipal Corporations", "Witnesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hornberger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80b183b5-ae50-445b-861a-c5022ddb4b04"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB515&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "9b69921e302336caf7cc2966f9a93960f0c5e50c742f4724ee3984b674576bb8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 515 (2019) — Municipalities - Municipal Infraction Proceedings - Designation of a Building Inspector or an Enforcement Officer to Testify

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0515f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Beitzel — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Chisholm — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {990919/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80b183b5-ae50-445b-861a-c5022ddb4b04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).